All photos by Ivy Knight Opening a restaurant is a dream for many, from the food runner crumbing tables in a busy dining room to the line cook searing steaks on the grill....
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All photos by Christian Lalonde In May 2004, when Chef Joe Thottungal opened his first restaurant in Ottawa, called Coconut Lagoon, he was excited at the prospect of sharing South Indian food from...
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Jane Tran wasn’t always a chef. In fact, in a previous life she worked in the world of finance. But after years of working away at a desk, she opted to trade in...
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I’m consistently impressed by chefs. By their willingness to work long, gruelling hours, by their stamina as they work through the pain of burns, cuts, and sore feet, and by the fact that...
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It’s Monday night and at a closed, downtown Toronto restaurant, Chef Ken Yau is quietly producing an impressive, 12-course tasting menu of interactive, playful dishes. The first time I met Chef Ken, he...
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Restaurants, caterers, bars, hotels and other foodservice and hospitality entrepreneurs across Canada are invited to enter before January 15, 2020! Entry to the awards is open to all foodservice and hospitality operators across...
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Photo by/par Murtaza Daub Pour la version française, cliquez ici. #ImmigrationMatters Chef La-toya Fagon was born in Canada but spent the first six years of her childhood living with her aunt in Jamaica....
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Chef Philman George is known as ‘The Rhyming Chef’. True to the title, Chef Philman is known to kick a few bars while cooking up a storm in the kitchen. While many chefs...
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At a time when food sales can be driven by how Instagrammable your dish looks, veteran pastry chef Brendan Platts is bucking the trend and putting taste before looks and letting flavours stand...
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Chef Jason Licker has an impressive resume that now includes the self-publishing of his cookbook, ‘Lickerland’. Though he began his pastry career in New York City, the majority of his professional life has...
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